I know this is a very newbie question, and there is ample info in swim books/sites about this, but I'd love to hear from REAL SWIMMERS like you, thank you very much.
What works for you?
Lately I've been doing a series of 200m to 25m swims, usually totalling 800m, as a warmup.
Example: 2x200m + 2x100m + 2x50m + 4x25m, starting very easy, ending at "fast" pace.
In the future I hope to incorporate drills into the warmup, but I don't have a clue yet. :)
Regarding equipment at meets during warm-up:
To JP's experience, as the 2016 Oregon USMS Nationals Head Safety Marshall, I pretty much banned equipment from warm-ups for safety and clutter reasons. There are too many people in the pool and getting in/out. All that stuff creates tripping & slipping obstacles. And, if some gets wacked by a paddle during an arm recovery, it could be bad. I had a few jerks give me a hard time, but they all followed the rules and everyone was safe.
And, beyond that, paddles and fins can damage the touch pads if they are in place. At $1,000/pad, I would ban them if it was my pool.
Regarding equipment at meets during warm-up:
To JP's experience, as the 2016 Oregon USMS Nationals Head Safety Marshall, I pretty much banned equipment from warm-ups for safety and clutter reasons. There are too many people in the pool and getting in/out. All that stuff creates tripping & slipping obstacles. And, if some gets wacked by a paddle during an arm recovery, it could be bad. I had a few jerks give me a hard time, but they all followed the rules and everyone was safe.
And, beyond that, paddles and fins can damage the touch pads if they are in place. At $1,000/pad, I would ban them if it was my pool.
